Minnesota Cube Melt 2027

Date: Apr 18, 2027
City: Eagan, Minnesota, United States
Venue: Eagan Community Center
Address: 1501 Central Pkwy, Eagan, MN, 55121
Details: The Oaks Banquet Hall
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Lisa Kucala and Midwest Cubing Association
WCA Delegates: Lisa Kucala and Walker Welch

: Download all the competition's details as PDF here.

Information

This competition is supported by the Midwest Cubing Association.

We have local Facebook groups for our Cubing Area. Feel free to join the Minnesota Cubing Community and follow the Midwest Cubing Assocation for information and announcements on upcoming competitions.

Events
Main event

Competitor limit: 100

Number of times bookmarked: 11

Registration period: Online registration will be open from to .
Registration requirements: Create a WCA account here if you don't have one.
If this is not your first competition, associate your WCA ID to your WCA account here.
Register for this competition here.
There is a competitor limit of 100 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $30 (United States Dollar).
The registration fee has to be paid through Stripe here once registered.
If your registration is cancelled before you will be refunded 90% of your registration fee.
Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
If you are a registered competitor you may change your registered events until on the Register tab.
No on the spot registrations will be accepted.
Any spectator can attend for free.

Before You Register

All prospective registrants need a WCA account. New competitors can create their own WCA account by clicking here and entering the required information.

How to Register Online

Prospective competitors register by:
1. Signing into their WCA account;
2. Clicking "Register" on the left side of this webpage, selecting the events they would like to compete in, and submitting their registration;
3. Paying the registration fee of $30.00. (The registration fee is the same regardless of how many events are selected.) Your registration is not complete until you have paid the registration fee.

The competitor limit for this competition is 100. The list of approved competitors can be found by clicking "Competitors" on the left side of this webpage. If there are already 100 competitors on that list, it means the competition is full, and any future registrants will be placed on the waitlist.

Competitors MUST register and pay online in order to compete. No at-the-door registrations or payments will be accepted.

Any requested changes to registration prior to the registration deadline will be honored. Your registration is not complete until your name shows up on the list.

How to Pay for Registration Online

Payment is processed through Stripe. Click on the "Register" tab on the left side of the webpage to register and pay all in one place! You can start the payment process by clicking "Pay your fees with card."

Refunds

Approved competitors who cancel their registration before the cancellation deadline are eligible for a refund of 90% of their registration cost. After this date, no refund requests will be honored.

Waitlist Information

We will be keeping a waitlist for this competition. To secure a place on the waitlist once the competitor limit has been reached, simply pay the registration fee. If a competitor emails us to drop out before the cancellation deadline, you will be notified if you are the next competitor on the waitlist. After that deadline, all remaining competitors on the waitlist will be emailed letting them know they did not get off the waitlist and will be fully refunded.

Venue and Parking

This competition will be held at the Eagan Community Center in Eagan, Minnesota. We will be in the Oaks Banquet Room, which is down the stairs on the left when you enter the community center. An elevator is also available. There is plenty of free parking available.

Food

There are several restaurants (fast food and other) within 1-2 miles of the venue. Outside food and drink is allowed in the venue, but please help us out by throwing away your trash and cleaning up after yourself!

Hotels

There are several hotel options near in Eagan and the surrounding areas. You can find the closest hotels here.

Travel

The closest airport to the venue is the Minneapolis Airport (MSP), which is about a 15 minute drive away. Public bus routes from the airport are available, with travel time of approximately an hour. Uber and Lyft are available as well.

Merch with the Midwest Cubing logo is available on-demand through the Midwest Cubing Association merch store!

Midwest Cubing Merch Store

Time limit

If you reach the time limit during your solve, the judge will stop you and your result will be DNF (see Regulation A1a4).
A cumulative time limit may be enforced (see Regulation A1a2).

Cutoff

The result to beat to proceed to the second phase of a cutoff round (see Regulation 9g).

Format

The format describes how to determine the ranking of competitors based on their results. The list of allowed formats per event is described in Regulation 9b. See Regulation 9f for a description of each format.

Advancement Condition

The number of competitors shown as advancing to the next round is the planned maximum. The actual number may be lower if there are fewer competitors than expected, or if there are ties at the boundary.